Saturday links: starting a business
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
9 months ago
3 MIN READ
EVs
- Generac ($GNRC) is launching a home EV charger. (theverge.com)
- An EV road trip check list. (npr.org)
Energy
- How California has strengthened its electrical grid. (kottke.org)
- Utilities are having to spend big to upgrade the grid. (wsj.com)
- It’s not just the U.S. that has grid issues. (bloomberg.com)
Wildfires
- Canada’s forests are again on fire. (wsj.com)
- California’s fire season has turned into the ‘fire year.’ (npr.org)
- Insurers are pushing stronger building standards to help houses withstand wildfires. (nytimes.com)
- Wildfire smoke isn’t good for birds either. (hcn.org)
Environment
- Sea levels are rising fastest in the Southeast U.S. (arstechnica.com)
- It’s becoming increasingly difficult to deny rising temperatures are not affecting climate. (salon.com)
- Why rising temperatures are so dangerous for migrating salmon. (eenews.net)
- How to stay cool without air conditioning. (npr.org)
Science
- A look at Earth’s hypothetical last universal common ancestor. (science.org)
- Why the New Madrid fault is a bit of an anomaly. (arstechnica.com)
AI
- AI companies are running out of new training data. (nytimes.com)
- How AI could be used to predict rogue waves. (newatlas.com)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) is adding some Vision Pro content. (spyglass.org)
- iPod nostalgia is real. (spyglass.org)
Behavior
- How psilocybin causes brain-network changes. (nature.com)
- When to trust your intuition. (theatlantic.com)
Dogs
- How trained service animals could help veterans with PTSD. (goodgoodgood.co)
- Dogs have evolved to read human emotions. (nature.com)
Weight loss drugs
- Sleep apnea could be a big new indication for GLP-1 drugs. (wsj.com)
- Some positive early data on daily obesity pill. (biopharmadive.com)
Health
- Why does SARS-Cov2 spread so well in the Summer? (scientificamerican.com)
- Now the immunocompromised are being shunned for wearing face masks. (wsj.com)
- Rural hospitals are increasingly closing their labor and delivery services. (npr.org)
- Another day, another potential longevity drug target. (nature.com)
- What you need to know about cord blood banking. (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- Why do more educated communities have better health outcomes? (nber.org)
- Intentions don’t turn into exercise. (simplavida.com)
- Another reason to get outside. (sciencedaily.com)
Food
- Darden Restaurants ($DRI) is buying Tex-Mex restaurant chain Chuy’s. (axios.com)
- Reviewing restaurants is not good for your health. (nytimes.com)
- Too Good To Go is expanding nationally. (axios.com)
Drink
- From a health perspective, how much alcohol a week is too much? (wsj.com)
- Pernod Ricard is getting out of the wine business. (sherwood.news)
Sports
- Why determines a country’s Olympic success? (econofact.org)
- What it’s like to watch baseball in London. (thedial.world)
- Elite athletes keep getting older. (marieclaire.com)
College
- Has admissions selectivity has changed at colleges over time. (flowingdata.com)
- What’s the difference between Early Decision and Early Action? (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
Children
- Raising children means dealing with risk and uncertainty. (parentdata.org)
- Parents are now less concerned that their children marry. (theatlantic.com)
- Norwegian children have a lot of autonomy. (theguardian.com)
- Moving a lot in childhood has downsides. (nytimes.com)
- Gen Alpha is particularly unhealthy. (ft.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: harsh economic truths. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why meme stocks and sh*tcoins are the logical outgrowth of the analytics revolution. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A lifetime subscription is anything but. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
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